Porous identities, syncretic structures, and dominant narratives: crossed glances between Pierre Sanchis and Argentina

The article critically reviews some of the contributions that Pierre Sanchishas made to the study of the Brazilian religious field, emphasizing his ideas onsyncretism, on the permeable character of religious identities and on Catholicismas a habitus. The first part of the paper uses some of the insi...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Frigerio, Alejandro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2005
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositório:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669482
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669482
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Sincretismo
Identidade
Teoria
Campo religioso brasileiro
Identidad
Teoría
Campo religioso brasilero
Syncretism
Identity
Theory
Brazilian religious field
Descrição
Resumo:The article critically reviews some of the contributions that Pierre Sanchishas made to the study of the Brazilian religious field, emphasizing his ideas onsyncretism, on the permeable character of religious identities and on Catholicismas a habitus. The first part of the paper uses some of the insights developed bySanchis to reassess Argentine studies on religion. In the second part, Sanchis’work is itself examined through the lenses of an Argentine anthropologist. Finally,the paper discusses how the different dominant narratives of the nation present ineach country condition local studies on religion.